Collapsible bed.



F. A. PALMER.

GOLLAPSIBLE BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3, 1913.

1,076,224, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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FREDERICK A. PALMER, 0F MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

COLLAPSIBLE BED.

Application filed July 3, 1913.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK A. PALMER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in beds, cribs and the like and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple construction permitting of easy and quick folding or collapsing of the bed or crib when necessary or required and insuring that the same shall be rigid when in its set-up or operative position. The head and foot boards or portions of the bed are connected by side rails, which latter are vertically slidable upon the corner posts and when down are locked with the cross rails of the head and foot portions so as to allow the bed to be collapsed or folded.

I aim at simplicity in construction and the avoidance of extra parts, thereby reducing the cost to a minimum.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrative of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan with parts broken away showing the bed in its collapsed condition. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail in elevation with portions broken away showing the manner of locking the side rail. Fig. 4 is a substantially central vertical section through Fig. 3 as on the line 4-4.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the different views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the head portion and 2 the foot portion of the bed. These may be of any well-known or approved form of construction, in the present instance shown as of the conven- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Serial No. 777,160.

tional form of metal bed, 3 being the cross rails connecting the vertical portions of the head and foot portions of the bed in the usual manner.

4 are the side rails. They are mounted to slide vertically upon the vertical portions 5, 5 and 6, 6 of the foot and head members of the bed respectively. In the present instance, these side rails are shown as connected at their ends to the sleeve members 7 which embrace the vertical posts of the head and foot members and in order to lock the parts in their distended position and to firmly brace the bed when thus set up, the inner faces of these sleeve members 7 at their lower ends are provided with notches or the like 8, which, when the side rails are forced down, engage over the connecting members 3, as seen clearly in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, and thus the bed is firmly braced and held against collapsing. When it is desired to fold or collapse the bed, the side rails are moved upward until their sleeve members are disengaged from the rods 3, when the bed may be easily and quickly collapsed into the condition shown in Fig. 2 for the purpose of transportation or storage. By the term bed as hereinbefore employed and as used in the claim, I mean to include cribs as well, as it is evident that the same structure may be employed in beds or cribs of all sizes.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have designed a simple, eflicient and durable collapsible bed of few parts, easily manipulated and positive in their action, and while the structural embodiment of the invention as hereinbefore disclosed is what I at the present time consider preferable, it is evident that the same is subject to changes, variations and modifications in detail, proportion of parts, etc., without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. I, therefore, do not intend to restrict myself to the exact construction hereinbefore disclosed, but reserve the right to make such changes, variations and modifications as come properly within the scope of the protection prayed.

What is claimed as new is rods to lock the members against collaps- A collapsible bed comprising head and ing. 10 foot sections, cross rods connecting the ver- Signed by me at Mid'dletown, Connectitical members thereof, side rails, and sleeves out, this 1st da of Jul 1913.

5 to which said side rails are connected, said FR DERI K A. PALMER.

sleeves being slidable upon the vertical Witnesses: members of the head and foot sections and AVERY T. ELMER, having notches engageable With said cross GEO. BURNHAM.

copiea of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0. 

